US4334530AExpiredUtility

Indicia-bearing adhesive bandages

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Individually held — no corporate assignee on recordPriority: Sep 12, 1980Filed: Sep 12, 1980Granted: Jun 15, 1982
Est. expirySep 12, 2000(expired)· nominal 20-yr term from priority
Inventors:Donald S. Hassell
A61F 13/0203
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PatentIndex Score
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Claims

Abstract

Novel adhesive bandages having indicia or markings indicating the direction of removal without reopening or otherwise impairing healing of the wound covered thereby.

Claims

exact text as granted — not AI-modified
I claim: 
     
       1. In an adhesive bandage comprising a flexible backing, a pressure-sensitive adhesive on one side of said backing, an absorbent pad carried by said backing on said adhesive-faced side, said absorbent pad being positioned intermediate transverse edges of said backing; the improvement wherein the other non-adhesive side of said backing is provided with markings indicating which transverse edge of said backing should be removed first when removing said bandage from a wound.   
     
     
       2. An adhesive bandage as defined in claim 1 wherein said markings are provided on said other side between said absorbent pad and one of the transverse edges of said backing. 
     
     
       3. An adhesive bandage as defined in claim 1 wherein said markings are in the shape of an arrow. 
     
     
       4. An adhesive bandage as defined in claim 1 wherein said markings are applied by laminating a flexible sheet material containing said markings to said other side of said backing. 
     
     
       5. An adhesive bandage as defined in claim 1 wherein said markings are applied by cutting said other side of said backing.

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